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2024 : India in Free Fall

By Sanjay Jha

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About the book

Under Narendra Modi’s decade-long tenure as Prime Minister of India, the country has made worldwide headlines for putting in place a majoritarian infrastructure that has seen a crackdown on press freedom, a ruthless evisceration of civil liberties, religious polarization, caste bigotry, institutional debilitation and demagoguery-and an overall democratic downslide. The world’s largest democracy, it would seem, is hurtling towards disarray and chaos. Is the political legitimacy accorded to authoritarian populists because of, ironically enough, their popular mandates, the biggest threat to democracy itself?

In 2024, former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha argues that India is in a state of free fall. With the country set to go to the polls once again, he raises urgent issues-from the othering of Muslim minorities and the bulldozing of citizens’ rights and even homes, to the surreptitious dismantling of the judiciary and the unfettered growth of crony capitalism and plutocracy that has aggravated income inequality. Compelling and important, this is a must-read for anyone concerned about the nation’s future and their own.

Pages: 328

Available in: Paperback

Language: English

Sanjay Jha

Sanjay Jha is a former national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party. A former banker and an internet entrepreneur, he began his political innings in 2004. He is the bestselling author of My Illegitimate Son: A True Story (2023), The Great Unravelling: India After 2014 (2020) and The Superstar Syndrome: The Making of a Champion (2013), where he was a co-author. A new edition of The Great Unravelling, titled 2014: The Great Unravelling, comes out in 2024.

As a former managing editor and co-founder of CricketNext.com, Jha was at the forefront of those who warned about the looming Indian Premier League scam. He has been a frequent contributor to mainstream media publications such as The Times of India, Deccan Herald and The Indian Express. He appears regularly on television panels as a political analyst.

Jha lives in Mumbai with his wife, two daughters and a few dogs.

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